“DeSantis called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.”
What FactCheck.org found
DeSantis didn’t say that. That quote is from the website of Enterprise Florida Inc., a quasi-government agency in Florida that is no longer active.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
SFA Fund (political action committee) made this claim around 1 January 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 January 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
SFA Fund has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Two other organisations checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- PolitiFact: False“Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
- Washington Post: Four Pinocchios“DeSantis called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.